I love polls, travel, and top ten lists, so here is one that encompasses all three: list your ten favorite BIGCITIES from anywhere in the world. Please note that by big city I mean a large metropolis that really feels like a big city—with charming residential neighborhoods, tall buildings, pedestrians everywhere, diverse social classes, and great public transportation. LA, as a result, isn’t really eligible.

1) Montreal (cause I live here, I don’t count it as a travel city, but it’s still one of the best cities in the world IMHO).
2) Paris
3) London
4) New York City
5) Jerusalem
6) Dublin
7) Tel Aviv
8) Vienna
9) Vancouver
10) Haifa

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I can’t believe no one has said my home town of New Orleans. I guess no one has been for Mardi Gras.

Actually, I did. But it’s mostly because I have family there and don’t mind the run-down South feel of things. There’s some great things about NO, but I can see how an outsider would see the dirt first and the culture second.

I have been to many big cities in the world, and last month I had the opportunity to visit what became my favorite city in the world, which no one has mentioned yet. BUENOSAIRES, AR
If you haven’t visited buenos aires you’ll be in for a big surprise. Great neighborhoods, parks, the food, specially the beef is great, and the people are very pretty.
After buenos aires, in no order:
prague
roma
paris
bogota, colombia

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I have been to many big cities in the world, and last month I had the opportunity to visit what became my favorite city in the world, which no one has mentioned yet. BUENOSAIRES, AR
If you haven’t visited buenos aires you’ll be in for a big surprise. Great neighborhoods, parks, the food, specially the beef is great, and the people are very pretty.
After buenos aires, in no order:
prague
roma
paris
bogota, colombia

Guapito, I haven’t been to Buenos Aires but I’m told it’s a beautiful place and that it is the most European city in South America. Tell us more about Bogota. If I had to guess, I’d say that you’re probably the only EuroTripper to have been there….

And after living in a huge city like Mexico City, I really don’t know what you mean by big city, so I’ll just aim at the darkness. And no, I don’t have 10 cities in my list because I mostly go to little towns, or the cities I’ve been to suck.

Paris
Madrid
Copenhagen (does this qualify?)
Denver (does this qualify?)
I can’t remember Sao Paulo or Rio de Janeiro, so I can’t really say about those ones. The rest I’ll put them later.

Some might say Seoul is a total disaster. Actually, it has all the qualifications – charming residential areas, tall buildings, diverse social classes, and great public transportation – and more. It’s just that the way they are all put together is less than graceful.